July 11, 2008
A bad day at work - golf course groundsman department
Nothing like mixing up a little spray for your greens and then finding out later -- much later that you were off a bit... From the UK Telegraph:Groundsman destroys golf course fairways with weedkillerThe stuff in question:
A golf club's fairways were turned brown after the groundsman accidentally watered the course with industrial strength weedkiller.
The normally lush fairways have been scorched away after the groundsman sprayed them with a chemical usually used to destroy grass growing through pavements and roads.
A total of 11 holes have been ruined at Haywards Heath Golf Club in West Sussex, and will remain rusty brown for months to come.
Fairways are usually sprayed with a light weed killer, but last month the turf was thoroughly watered with a solution of industrial-strength Gallup 360 - a systemic herbicide designed for the drying out or "desiccation" of grassland.
On the label, the product is advertised as "suitable for use on industrial sites, paths, roadways and in amenity and forest areas".
A large warning notice adds: "DO NOT spray on windy days or near desirable species."
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